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EDC Las Vegas 2025: Pasquale Rotella’s Biggest Announces During the Music Through Music Livestream
As tradition continued, during tonight’s Music Through Music livestream, Insomniac Founder & CEO Pasquale Rotella unveiled plenty of updates for EDC Las Vegas 2025, setting the stage for an incredible 29th edition of the festival. With a brand-new theme, expanded stage designs, a groundbreaking music education partnership, and the return of fan-favorite experiences, this year’s festival promises to be bigger and more dynamic than ever.
Under the theme “kineticMETROPOLIS,” EDC Las Vegas will transform into a futuristic city of sound, energy, and connection, embracing the innovation and diversity that make the festival an unparalleled experience. Highlights include the debut of Ubuntu, a new stage created in partnership with South Africa’s Bridges For Music Academy, an expanded bionicJUNGLE, a redesigned quantumVALLEY, and the final year of the current bassPOD stage design before an all new structure arrives in 2026. Additionally, Insomniac’s Discovery Project has joined forces with Icon Collective, offering this year’s competition winner a full-ride scholarship to the renowned music production school.
With 16 total stages, an expected 500,000 Headliners, and a lineup featuring more than 250 artists, EDC Las Vegas 2025 is shaping up to be the most ambitious and electrifying edition yet. Here’s everything you need to know about the biggest announcements from Rotella’s livestream.
- EDC Las Vegas 2025 Theme: kineticMETROPOLIS
This year’s theme transforms the festival into a futuristic city of sound, energy, and connection.
- Ubuntu: A New Stage in nomadsLAND
In collaboration with South Africa’s Bridges For Music Academy, Ubuntu will spotlight Afro house rhythms with performances from students and legendary South African artists.
- Discovery Project x Icon Collective Partnership
For 2025, Discovery Project joins forces with Icon Collective, offering competition winners new opportunities. The EDC Las Vegas winner will receive a full-ride scholarship to the prestigious music production school.
- EDC Las Vegas Charity Auction Launches March 17
Returning with exclusive experiences, proceeds will benefit Westcare Nevada.
- EDC Las Vegas 2025: The Most Stages Ever
This year features 16 total stages, with nine revealed tonight alongside a lineup boasting 250+ artists.
- cosmicMEADOW: Special Live Act Incoming
A must-see live performance awaits – stay tuned for the big reveal!
- bassPOD: The Final Year of the Iconic Design
Say goodbye to the current bassPOD stage – this will be its final year before an all-new design debuts in 2026.
- bionicJUNGLE: Expanded Dance Floor & Stage Hosts
Bigger than ever, bionicJUNGLE will welcome hosts like HARD Recs, Live From Earth, HARD Selects, Planet X, and Factory 93 for a diverse sonic experience.
- quantumVALLEY: A New Look for Trance & Progressive
With a fresh stage design, quantumVALLEy will be co-hosted by Interstellar and Dreamstate.
- wasteLAND: A Harder Edge with a Reimagined Layout
While keeping its signature container aesthetic, wasteLAND will dedicate one full day to hard techno and hardcore.
- stereoBLOOM: VIP Area & Bigger Dance Floor
More room to move and an all-new VIP section for an upgraded experience.
- neonGARDEN: A Fusion of Past & Present
Blending elements from previous years, neonGARDEN will be hosted by Factory 93, Club Space, and for the very first time, Time Warp.
General Admission and VIP passes for EDC Las Vegas 2025 are sold out. A limited number of 3-Day GA+ tickets are available here.
Stay tuned for more exciting information and announcements at lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com. Stay connected and follow EDC Las Vegas on Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok.
Tomorrowland 2026 reveals its full lineup and timetable for its 20th edition, with Calvin Harris headlining the Mainstage for the first time alongside hundreds of global artists.
Tomorrowland has revealed the full lineup and timetable for its 20th edition, with the festival set to open its doors in less than one month. Across two weekends and 16 stages, hundreds of artists from more than 40 nationalities will perform for visitors from over 200 countries, all under the festival’s new emotional theme and universe, Consciencia. The full lineup and timetable are available now on tomorrowland.com.
Calvin Harris Headlines the Mainstage in His Long-Awaited Tomorrowland Debut
Calvin Harris headlines the Mainstage on Sunday of Week 1 and Saturday of Week 2, marking his first appearance on a Tomorrowland stage since TomorrowWorld in 2013. The Mainstage will also see a number of notable debuts this edition, including Belgian hard techno artist Novah, German dance act Marlon Hoffstadt, and British drum and bass icons Chase and Status. Returning names include Martin Garrix, The Chainsmokers, Sebastian Ingrosso, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, Hardwell, Steve Angello, and Armin van Buuren, alongside Fisher, John Summit, Alesso, Kölsch, and more.
Tomorrowland Pays Tribute to Avicii 15 Years After His Mainstage Debut
Fifteen years after his legendary Mainstage debut, Tomorrowland 2026 will honor Avicii with an exclusive Avicii Tribute Experience. The immersive installation takes visitors through his musical legacy and creative vision, featuring audiovisual storytelling, never-before-seen footage, and for the first time outside Stockholm, original items from his personal collection. The tribute also includes a new Avicii x Tomorrowland collection and newly remastered versions of his iconic 2012, 2014, and 2015 Tomorrowland sets in Spatial Audio.
Generations of Talent From Age 11 to 79
This year’s edition spans generations more dramatically than any previous Tomorrowland. The youngest DJ on the lineup is Knox, aged just 11, joined by a wave of teenage talent. At the other end of the spectrum is Eko Roosevelt Louis, 79, a pioneering Makossa and Funky Disco artist whose 1982 track was reworked by Disclosure in 2020. He will make his Tomorrowland debut at the Melodia stage on Friday July 24, previewing new music ahead of an upcoming album.
Spectacular AV Shows, B2B Sets, and Global Stage Hostings
Several artists will bring full audiovisual productions to the festival, including Amelie Lens, Mind Against, Armin van Buuren, Netsky, Fisher, James Hype, and Alok with his Rave The World experience. Space 92 will debut a show developed in collaboration with a former Disney and Pixar designer, while Miss Monique presents the world premiere of her Biorhythm show. More than 30 stage hostings are spread across the festival from labels and collectives including Experts Only, Dim Mak, Smash The House, and Exhale. Back-to-back highlights include Kettama b2b Michael Bibi, HAAi b2b The Blessed Madonna, Afrojack b2b R3HAB, and Hardwell b2b Sub Zero Project.
The Full Tomorrowland 2026 Lineup
The confirmed artist list for Tomorrowland 2026 includes Afrojack, Alan Walker, Alesso, Alison Wonderland, Alok, Amelie Lens, Armin van Buuren, Boris Brejcha, Calvin Harris, Chase and Status, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, Fisher, Gorgon City, Hardwell, Illenium, James Hype, John Summit, Kaskade, Kölsch, Laidback Luke, Lost Frequencies, Marshmello, Martin Garrix, Meduza, Netsky, Oliver Heldens, R3hab, REZZ, Sam Feldt, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, Steve Aoki, The Chainsmokers, Tiësto, Timmy Trumpet, Vintage Culture, and many more. The complete lineup and timetable are available at tomorrowland.com.
DJ Sammy Releases New Dance Single ‘Magnetised’ as he explores toxic attraction and the pull of returning to someone you know is wrong
With his new single “Magnetised,” DJ Sammy combines heartfelt lyrics with modern dance energy, telling the story of an intense attraction that remains impossible to resist despite all the warning signs. The release follows the push and pull of a connection that keeps turning back on itself, moving between closeness, doubt, and the feeling of knowing something will end badly but still being unable to walk away. Built around the line “So tell me why I’m magnetised to you,” the track places that emotional conflict at the center while bringing DJ Sammy back with a modern dance release under MyClubroom.
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DJ Sammy’s Global Dance Legacy
DJ Sammy releases Magnetised with more than two decades of dance music history behind him. He has sold over 20 million records worldwide, with his breakthrough single Heaven becoming a major crossover success in the early 2000s. The single sold more than two million copies across Europe and Australia, reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and later went to No. 1 in the UK. His follow up, The Boys of Summer, also reached No. 2 in the UK, adding another major chart record to a career closely linked with vocal dance music and international club audiences.
Alongside that chart success, DJ Sammy has remained active across the global club circuit, with festival appearances, international club shows, and residencies at BCM Planet Dance Magaluf, Es Paradis Ibiza, and Privilege Ibiza. He was also ranked in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs, placing No. 92 in 2005 and No. 61 in 2006, while his MyClubroom radio show was voted the most popular radio show by DJ Mag Spain. That background gives Magnetised a clear place in his catalogue, as the single returns to the emotional vocal dance style he is known for, this time through a story about toxic attraction, doubt, and going back to someone even when the warning signs are clear.
The Emotional Conflict Behind Magnetised
At the center of Magnetised is the point where a person already understands the damage a relationship is causing, but that awareness is still not enough to make them leave. DJ Sammy places the song in that uncomfortable space between knowing and acting, where someone can read the warning signs clearly and still feel emotionally attached to the person creating the pain. The line “So tell me why I’m magnetised to you” works because it does not treat attraction as something exciting or easy to explain. It sounds more like a question someone asks after repeating the same mistake too many times, especially when the relationship keeps moving between closeness, doubt, and losing control. That is where the single gets its emotional weight, because the conflict is not only between two people, but inside the person who keeps going back.
What makes Magnetised fit Sammy’s catalogue is the way it puts that conflict into a vocal dance record without turning the subject into a simple breakup story. The song looks at the part before someone finally cuts ties, when the emotional pull is still stronger than the decision to walk away. That gives the title a clearer meaning: being “magnetised” is not just about attraction, but about feeling drawn toward someone almost automatically, even when the outcome already feels painful. Through MyClubroom, DJ Sammy brings that idea into a 2026 release that keeps the vocal hook at the front while using the production to support the tension in the lyrics. It gives Magnetised a direct storyline, with enough emotional detail for listeners to recognize the cycle without the song needing to spell out every part of the relationship.
With Magnetised, DJ Sammy is set to return to the kind of vocal dance record that has remained central to his career, this time through a storyline built around toxic attraction and the struggle to break away from someone who keeps pulling you back. The single takes its main question from the line “So tell me why I’m magnetised to you,” giving the hook a clear emotional purpose instead of treating the attraction as something simple or romantic. Due for release through MyClubroom on June 19, 2026, Magnetised adds a new 2026 entry to Sammy’s catalogue while keeping his connection to emotional dance music at the front.
David Morales & Tiger Wilson Release ‘CRAVIN’’, a soulful house single rooted in New York’s gospel, R&B and club music tradition
Grammy Award-winning producer, DJ and House music pioneer David Morales teams up with New Jersey singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tiger Wilson on ‘CRAVIN’’, a new Soulful House release on DIRIDIM set for June 26, 2026. The single brings classic NYC-inspired grooves together with rich vocal soul and deep musicality rooted in gospel, R&B and House tradition. With Tiger Wilson’s expressive vocal delivery at the forefront, ‘CRAVIN’’ highlights the meeting point between David Morales’ long-standing production style and Tiger Wilson’s background as a vocalist, musician and songwriter connected to the New York House scene.
Inside David Morales And Tiger Wilson’s Soulful House Link Up
‘CRAVIN’’ centres on Tiger Wilson’s vocal delivery, giving the record its emotional pull through phrasing that carries clear gospel and R&B influence without moving away from its House foundation. As a New Jersey singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Tiger Wilson brings a musical background that fits naturally beside David Morales’ production, where the groove is classic and club-minded but still leaves space for the vocal to lead. The result reflects a meeting of House music craftsmanship across two generations, with David Morales’ production style and Tiger Wilson’s songwriting sensibility working through a shared language of soul, rhythm and musicianship.
Tiger Wilson’s connection to the New York House scene gives ‘CRAVIN’’ more context beyond the single itself. His work spans Soulful House, R&B and gospel-influenced music, with past collaborations involving David Morales and Timmy Regisford, alongside appearances on ‘In The Club’, ‘Masterpiece’ and ‘Burning Hot’, records that became staples at The Shelter in New York. That history places ‘CRAVIN’’ within a lineage of vocal House where the singer is not treated as decoration, but as a central part of the record’s identity, helping explain why the collaboration feels rooted in musical experience instead of surface-level genre references.
The Extended Mixes Of ‘CRAVIN’’ Give The Release More Club Range
‘CRAVIN’’ is presented across the ‘Loop Mix’, ‘Reprise Version’, ‘Loop Dub Mix’ and ‘Vocal Dub Mix’, giving the single more life beyond its main version without moving away from its Soulful House identity. For a record led by Tiger Wilson’s vocal performance, the extra mixes matter because they do not all need to treat the voice in the same way. The full vocal side can hold the song directly, while the dub and loop versions can pull more attention toward the groove, percussion and arrangement underneath David Morales’ production. That gives the release more use in club settings, especially for DJs who want the feel of the record without always playing it in its most vocal-focused form.
The ‘Reprise Version’ also adds another layer to the release because it makes room for the musicality connected to Tiger Wilson’s background as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. That detail matters in the context of a Soulful House record because the genre depends on more than a vocal line sitting over a beat. It needs phrasing, rhythm, arrangement and feeling to work together without one part flattening the rest. The ‘Loop Mix’, ‘Loop Dub Mix’ and ‘Vocal Dub Mix’ help show how ‘CRAVIN’’ can move between those uses, giving David Morales space to work the record for club play while keeping Tiger Wilson’s contribution tied to the identity of the single.
The additional versions give ‘CRAVIN’’ a stronger club function by separating the vocal, rhythm and instrumental details across the release. The ‘Reprise Version’ places more attention on the musical side of the track, while the ‘Loop Mix’, ‘Loop Dub Mix’ and ‘Vocal Dub Mix’ give DJs versions that can work in different parts of a set. For a Soulful House release led by Tiger Wilson’s voice, that range matters because the song does not lose its character when the vocal is reduced, repeated or placed differently in the arrangement.
By closing the release with this wider set of versions, David Morales and Tiger Wilson keep ‘CRAVIN’’ connected to both songcraft and club use. The single carries the soul and gospel-rooted vocal identity introduced through Tiger Wilson, while David Morales’ production gives it the structure needed for the dancefloor. Released on DIRIDIM on June 26, 2026, ‘CRAVIN’’ brings its classic NYC-inspired grooves, rich vocal soul and House tradition into a format made to move beyond one listening moment.
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